Car-brake.



J. P. E. BERNIER & F. A. ANDERSEN.

GAR BRAKE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10, 1912.

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J. P. E. BERNIER & F. A. ANDERSEN.

OAR BRAKE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10, 1912.

Patented May 19, 1914.

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Application filed September lo, 151.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern it known that we, JAMES P. l). llnnriins and FRANK A. NDlDl-ZSEN, citizens oi the United States, residing Salem and Dan vers, res iectively, in the county o l lssex and State of hilassachusctts, have invented new and useful lmprovemauits in To Brakes of which the following is a speoil'h cation.

in object of the invention is to provide a car brake which simple in construction and designed to brake the rails instead of the wheels whereht the full weight of the car nay be utilized as a force to increase the lnaxini '5111 application the shoes In the drawing forming a portion this application and in which like letters of 1'0 crencc indicate similar ports in the set c views :-F igure 1 is at bottom plan view a portion of a car showing or o ot the trucks thereof equipped with the hralze. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section through the car showing the brake applied. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the hralze released 4 is a perspective View of the shoe, the controlling lever therefor and the sustaining bracket.

The car 1 conventionally shown herein is provided with a truck 2 having a pair of wheeled axles, the longitudinal franc hers 4c of the truck having brackets 5 thereon whose depending portions 6 are disposed between the adjacent wheels of the companion erles 3. These cenending portfons of the brackets are provided with bolts 7 having heads 8 and companion jam nuts 9 and 10. These jam nuts imoinge against the opposite surfaces of the depending portion 6 oi each bracket while the head t3 and the adjacent nut 10 are spaced relatively for the reception therebetwcen of he shoe carrying hrouch ll. of a rocking lwer 12 through which the bolt is extended as shown. The lower ends of the branches 11 of the rocking lovers have shoes 13 pivoted thereto through he medium of bolts i l or other uitable equivalent dctachahle :lastenings which are so designed that they can be readily disconnected from mening r? ends of controlling rods 20 These rods are slidahle 1n suitohle guides 21 on the car truck and they are connected together by an e gualizing member 21. having a piston rod F22 whose piston is designed to recinrocate iu cylinder $24; conventionsllg shown the cylinder may he connected to any suitable source oi fluid supply such as e reservoir beneath the car. it suitahle valve (not shown) may he employed to admit a working fluid to effect adjustment of the slices against the tracks or the removal of the some therefrom.

The construction described herein is such that the shoes 13 may he the agplied directly to supporting rails, maximizing the hrahefficiency of the device and entirely letting flattening of the supporting of: the through friction of the shoes therewith l fhen the lovers 12 are rocked to apply the shoes 13 the rails the car will he lifted slightly from the rails so that the :tull weight oi the car is applied to the shoes which lends admirably to a rapid application of the brake. l l hilc only one hralrc is shown it is to he understood that both the front and rear trucks of the car will be equipped with identical hrshes. it is to he iin'thcr understood that the dovice may be connected with a nv suitable part oi? the ca: structure as may be deemed advisable in maximizing the brokingellicicncy of the device. it is also stated that the device may be used upon portable carriers of any well known design.

We claim:

in a *ailway cur oration a pair oi. inverted the said car and connected with the opposite e ends of said second mentioned levers, for th 15 purpose described.

In testnnony Whereoi We afix our signatures in presence of two ivltnesses.

JAMES P. E. BERNIER. FRANK A. ANDEHSEN.

Witnesses N. H. BERNIER, J. E. PANETAL, BJARNE Ivnnsnn, EDWIN F. MGKENNEY.

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